Former Reagan budget director says Ryan’s plan saves debt reduction for later
Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he…
Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he…
On whether the federal debt limit should be raised
Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11.
"Large majorities" of the public "oppose major changes to Medicare" and favor higher taxes on the wealthy.
"Seniors will have to find $12,500 for health care because Republicans voted to end Medicare."
"Every time we've cut taxes, revenues have gone up, the economy has grown."
A Republican proposal changes Medicare for those under age 55 so that they will "participate in the same kind of health plan that members of…
"In 2009, we cut state spending in real terms for the first time in 150 years."
"Libya supplies the oil for China. We get no oil from Libya."
Says House Republicans rejected a straightforward measure that would prevent members of Congress and the president from being paid during a government shutdown.
"From 1960, the year I was born, until the time I became Governor in 2003, the average two-year increase in Minnesota state spending was 21…
"A U.S. Government Accountability Office report says Planned Parenthood Federation of America cannot find some $1.3 billion given to it by the federal government from…